>> just moments away on "good morning washington" -- get it while it lasts. the cash for clunkers program shuts down on monday, but the actual deadline may be sooner than you think. >> more controversy over a mandatory vaccine for d.c.'s sect graders. we'll see why parents are opting their daughters out of an h.p.v. prevention program. >> and wrapping up the week in healthcare, we'll look back at some of t major milestones and see what's next for the overhaul plan. "good morning washington" begins right now. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> good friday morning to you, washington. i'm doug mckelway. >> and i'm greta kreuz in forealison this morning. we begin with weather and traffic every 10 minutes. we'll check in with lisa baden in just a moment, but we start with meteorologist brian van de graaff. good morning, brian. happy friday. >> happy friday, indeed. this morning, i'll show you a few sprinkles off to the west.

some storms today could be strong to severe. 81 downtown. 81 in southern maryland. we are muggy and even warmer this morning. your forecast today, a mechanics of sunshine and clouds, continued steamy with strong thunderstorms possible later this afternoon, around 90 for a high. lisa baden, what's going on with traffic? >> clearing construction out of the way. we're to have a very smooth start. even interstate travel looks good, in case you want to do a last hurrah before kids start school next week. let's go to this morning. we look good between richmond and baltimore. nothing complicated heading out to the airport. we'll take you live to one of the geico cameras. headlights are southbound leaving father o'hurley boulevard and gaithersburg. much more to come on the traffic side, but now the top stories with greta and doug. >> thank you much, lisa. it has been an awfully hot topic ever since it started, but for now, cash for clunkers has hit end of the road. >> that's right. the government is pulling the plug on the program this coming monday, but if you've got a trade-in, it may already be too

late for you. matt brock live in alexandria to tell us why. good morning to you, matt. >> good morning, doug, greta. listen, the dealers have said all along they didn't even think after the program got an extra $2 billion that this money would last until labor day, and it turns out they were right. we have an official deadline. the department of transportation has said you have to get the deal done by monday at 8:00. they've already marked up 457,000 cars into this program. i guess you could say marked them down with savings of about $4,500, it a car, and the federal government has spent nearly $2 billion total. they expect the rest of that will certainly run out by monday, about a billion less. but you know, some car dealerships are already saying we're not even going to go till monday, we're cutting off now.

>> if we carry over into the weekend, we may have trouble, so we're going to end it toign. ht >> that's a car dealership here in alexandria. toyota dealerships. the concern, of course, is getting paid, and it has been a concern for many dealers all along about getting the reimbursement from the federal government after they already make the deals. in fact, general motors has told some of its dealers, listen, we'll cover you until the federal government pays. so some may go through monday, but you're really going to want to call ahead, but it's beginning to get a little sketchy as the money is running out. we're live in alexandria this morning, i'm matt brock, a 7 news. >> matt, tha you. while the program has met with mixed reviews, it has offered a boost to the auto industry. g.m. announced earlier this week that it would temporarily boost production and hire more than 1,000 workers. hyundai hired more than 3,000. >> well, the extreme heat is apparently to blame for

sickening several high school athletes on maryland's eastern shore. a fodozen otball players two coachesze coaches at kent island high school were hospitalized after they fell ill yesterday. the players were about 45 minutes into practice when several of the players complained of feeling ill, some of them collapsed. no one was seriously hurt. officials think the illnesses was heat-related, but they're not ruling out other causes. police are investigating a shooting last night in southeast d.c. police say two men were shot in the 1300 block of congress place before 8:00 p.m. they were taken to the hospital. no word on their conditions, and police are now looking for the shooter. on to virginia now, where police are in dumfries and are investigating after a man and woman were found dead inside their home. police found the bodies of a 52-year-old man and 57-year-old woman around 9:00 lasts night in a townhouse. neighbors say the couple lived there foremore than 13 years, but had fallen on hard times

and were in the process of being evicted. police have not released their names at this point or cause of death. >> arlington county federal lawsuit against proposed hot lanes on i-95 and i-395 is drawing mixed reaction. the lawsuit asks the court to order an environmental review to determine whether the hot lanes would increase air pollution and traffic congestion. the a air club is praising the lawsuit. von anderson of a.a.a. tells "the washington post" the lawsuit is disappointing, damaging, and hypocritical. >> a proposal in the works to dole out $3,000 to some d.c. workers if they relocate from the suburbs into the city. d.c.'s lead agency on the environment has proposed that live near your work program with the u.s. energy department. the program would be a $90,000 pilot for d.c. workers. it would help expand d.c.'s tax base. the u.s. energy department has not yet decided if the program is stimulus-worthy. >> class is back in session in

the district starting monday. teachers have been working to make sure that they make the grade. a new evaluation system is being put in place for teachers. chancellor michelle ree says master educators have been hired to train and improve teacher performance. in the meantime, construction crews and d.c. officials are scrambling to make sure that schools are ready to open on time. yesterday, one councilmember took her annual tour of the schools in ward three. she plans to visit 10 schools in total and make a list of improvements still not complete. crews are working around the clock to get the classrooms ready. >> families of two of the victims of the virginia tech shooting say the u.s. counseling center missed critical warning signs. the families want the former counseling director to admit he failed to properly monitor and treat the shooter. records released tuesday show three therapists did not view him as a serious danger, but miller was told of his threatening behavior in class

back in 2005. he killed 3op2 pe and himself in 2000. >> it is now 5:07, and we've got a very warm 70 degrees, still 78 degrees here at this early hour. >> absolutely. and you better watch what you post on the internet. still to come on "good morning washington," why new numbers and about why those pictures on facebook or myspace could cost you your job. >> and outside thisorning, it is even muggier than it's been the last couple of days. in fact, we're still in the 80's in many places. will a storm cool us off today? >> and lisa baden is watching the friday morning commute. you're watching "good morning washington." a

>> hurricane bill is gaining back some of its strength as it continues to move towards bermuda, bringing winds of 125 miles per ur, still a category three. but it could return to a category four as it moves into the warmer waters of the gulfstream. bill is expected to pass the bermuda coastline this weekend, causing significant flooding there, and it will definitely be kicking up the surf along the u.s. eastern seaboard. >> that's always a treky thing this time of year, because people are at the beach. they've lined it up, rented the

house, whatever, whatever, and now they're there. the surf, even if it's not raining, the search is so bad you can't even gin the water. >> very busy down there. 5:11. it's time for traffic and weather every 10 minutes. we'll check in with brian. boy, i think the humidity is even thicker than yesterday at this time, brian. >> it is. some of our temperatures are in the 80's. they never even fell into the 70's last night. so every now and again, i get a little breeze out there, but it's like opening the oven door. it's not even refreshing. quick look at temperatures around the area, and we have 82 in bethesdsda. 75 in vienna. your forecast today, near 90 again. some thunderstorms are possible this afternoon, a couple of those could be strong to severe, so we'll keep an eye out on that for the afternoon. lisa baden, anything heating up on the traffic front yet? >> well, not on the traffic front, but over in silver spring, maryland, there's an apartment fire, rather large apartment fire, i'm told, along featherstone street just off old columbia pike. right now, a lot of emergency equipment is arriving on the scene. that's featherstone creek off old columbia pike in silver spring. old columbia pike for the time

being is open, and nothing on 29 between columbia and silver spring in both directions. that loo good. travel times are with us, long both sides of 95 richmond into baltimore. a live peculiarity of the traffic on 95, red on the right side heading south, headlights on the left heading north towards the beltway. greta and doug? >> lisa baden, thank you. 5:12 right now, 77 here in rosslyn, in the 80's in some parts of town. >> and coming up -- >> for him to be sent home. >> the mother of a murdered woman speaks out after her killer goes free. >> and are the side effects worth the risk? we'll check out the deabt over gardasil and some of the other stories making headlines. you're watching "good morning washington." at your chevy dealer.

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>> in our top stories at 5:15 on this friday morning -- the cash for clunkers program is nearing the end of the road now. you have until 8:00 p.m. monday to trade in your old car, but some local dealers are shutting it down early to get the paperwork in on time. and the clunkers program has obviously been a huge success in moving cars, selling 467,000 cars so far. but a lot of deerleds are unhappy with it, finding that the government has not yet reimbursed them for that huge expense. girls entering the sixth grade in d.c. now have to get the controversial h.p.v. vaccine as part of their immunization. parents can choose to opt out of this. the p.h.v. vaccine is designed to protect against cervical cancer but opponents say it needs more testing. and some of the numbers are in from yesterday's presidential election in afghanistan.

that's the voter turnout between 40% and 50%, but the violence is being blamed for low turnout in the south part that have country. 26 people were killed in attacks. the outcome of the election will not be known for a few days. >> the decision to free the only man convicted in the bombing of pan am flight 103 has many people outraged. abdel baset al-megrahi is back in libya. he flew home after his release yesterday from a prison in scotland. he served eight years for his role in the 1988 downing of an airliner over lockerbie, scotland. he was supposed to serve at least 27 years. a woman in our area, who's the mother of one of the victims, can't believe it. >> i'm experiencing a new and different level of grief. it's an undertow, a riptide of despair. it was a fran tinge decision. >> al-megrahi was released early because he reportedly has terminal cancer. 270 people were killed in that bombing, including 189 americans.

>> it is 5:17 on this friday morning. time for a look at weather and traffic every 10 minutes. >> we toss it to lisa baden to see what's going on. i'm autopsy a very large pardon me fire i'm hearing on the area of featherwood street just off old columbia pike. apparently it is a major apartment fire, according to several of the people who work here in the traffic center, past the area coming in. and we're concerned about the traffic in the area. i would like to go to the maryland camera first, if we can. 29, you can see the flames licking the sky. right now we're looking at randolph road over 29. that looks good. but be careful, old columbia pike and on columbia pike, colesville road, in the area of tech road, that's where you're going see some disruption with the fire department. let's go over to virginia geico cameras, and we have no disruption at all. good right now on 95, 395, 66, as you see through falls

church, running uneventfully. now to the weather center. >> lisa, you there? you go away? lisa? >> i'm still here. >> today we're going to be out at the tysons corner, you and i, and doug mckelway. >> absolutely. >> it's the blood drive. we're trying to get people to come out here. we're going to be out there, and it will be a good time. >> it is every year, and it actually saves lives. >> it does. but i'm scared of needles, you have to hold my hand. >> all right. >> bill is churnast. there are warningsnd aco there are warnings and viriades up to the coast of bermuda, also rough surf could be along the eastern half of the united states, but this system will go right between the two of them. it is a category three of winds of 120 miles per hour. let's get over to the maps and show what you it looks like today. 0 in bowie. 79 in fairfax. 72347 fredericksburg. even 79 in hagerstown. it is just so oppressive out there this morning, and these clouds continue to stream on through and some afternoon thunderstorms. but today, the difference is some could be strong to severe. there could be some severe weather today. tonight and tomorrow, wet.

but sunday, less humid. good news. doug and greta, back to you. >> ok, brian, thank you very much. another reason to think twice before you post those party pictures online. almost half of the nation's employers screen your social network. >> plus, for the people who just can't seem to surf the net enough, there's a new way to treat internet addictions. jeremy hubbard has details in this morning's "tech bytes." a new today's tech bytes, why job hunters may to want clean up their pages. according to a new study commissioned by careerbbleder.com, 45% of employers are using social networking sites to screen job candidates. that is more than twice as many as a year ago. 35% of the companies surveyed said they turned down candidates based on what they discovered online. reasons for rejecting applicants include provocative photos and bad mouthing previous employers. well, technology is taking over your life, there's a new program offering help. evansfield retreat center near seattle claims to have the

first internet addiction detox program in the country. the 45-day program, called restart, is designed for people hooked on the net and video games. it costs nearly $15,000, but it's not covered by insurance. one of the biggest concerns for parents when it comes to the internet is shielding their kids from inappropriate videos. a new video hub hopes to help byiltering the material posted on youtube. "usa today's" ted begs put it to the test. ucteyleheol tedm l togetsoog tsohere safe, t appr rie for the young ones, apanthey'll even entertain. they were a big hit with my kids. the downside is youanan't show videos, threels at this point, by age. the age rage is 3 to 12, but you can't say, i want to just see videos appropriate for 8 or 10-year-old kids, so it's a mishmash that way. >> you can read ed's column on usatoday.com. your last chance to get a polaroid. urban outfitters is getting the

last polaroid cameras and films. only 700 limited edition sets, which clup a camera and one pack of film,ill be available at stores across the country, and you can bet polaroid lovers will buy them up in an instant. for information on all these stories, log on to the technology page of abcnews.com. >> those old polaroid cameras. >> remember the smell? >> whoa, we're dinosaurs, hate to tell you. ok, it's 5:21 right now and 77 degrees. >> still ahead on "good morning washington" -- another game gets away from the nats, brt spirits are still running high at the ballpark. a new era is set to begin there today. we'll explain. >> and later today on "oprah," approved or denied? suze orman hands down the verdict on what you can afford. that's today at 4:00 right here on abc 7.

a take is the day of salvation nats fans have been waiting for. >> super prospect stephen strasburg will be introduced at the nationals' ballpark. you will need a ticket for tonight's game in order to get in. to help make that happen, more than 1,000 $1 tickets will go on sale at the box office today at noon. six $1,000 tickets sold out online yesterday. >> hope he is worth the price they're paying him. 5:24, time for the latest headlines. >> linda bell joins us now live from new york. good morning, linda. >> good morning to you, doug

and greta. more developments on cash for clunkers. general motors is promising cash advances for dealers who are still waiting to be reimbursed for the trade-in plan. the government says as of yesterday that it processed 37% of the reimbursement claims it has received and paid out just under 8% of the total transactions recorded by dealers so far. the clunkers plan, as you have been reporting, ends monday evening, so it may be a very busy weekend for dealers. meantime, jackson hole, wyoming, is what some investors will be thinking about this morning. that's because federal reserve chairm ben bernanks ithere. bernanke is speaking this conference, and investors will be keeping tabs on how bernanke and the fed plan to mop up excess liquidity when necessary after fighting the world's financial system with trillions of dollars to save the banks from disaster last fall. and ahead of his remarks, let's take a look at stocks index futures right now, little changed this friday morning. and that's business news. live in new york, i'm linda bell reporting for abc 7 news. doug and greta, back to you. >> linda, thank you very much.

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>> good morning, washington. it's friday, the 21st day of

august. i'm doug mckelway. >> and i'm greta kreuz. alison has the morning off. we begin with weather and traffic every 10 minutes, and brian van de graaff, i mean, walk out the door this morning, boom, it just feels like a sauna. >> and it's even warmer than the last couple of mngnis. id ttshera tpes,emretu8 7 ou 78 in frederiwntoe, i78 frederick. 75 in warrenton. your forecast today, hot and sticky with scattered thunderstorms. however, some of them could be strong this afternoon, so we'll watch out for that. come tomorrow, we see the best chance of showers. why? because the cold front is going to be sliding through, but bill will be coming up the coast. we could have hefty rain tomorrow, but that will be a good thing. it will still be muggy through the afternoon. but what happens behind that is a nice change. we're going see temperatures in the low to mid 80's for sunday and monday. lows at night in the mid 60's. so without humidity, it's just going to be absolutely just pleasant-fling out there. so it does get much better. just have to get through today and tomorrow. lisa baden, what's happening out there? >> oh, what's happening is not much in virginia, ban van de

graaff. happy to say we're good on the dulles greenway. uneventful on route 7 out of sterling to tysons. nice ride both sides of 66 between manassas and vienna. heavier volume spotted eastbound and through falls church. i have nothing on 95 between fredericksburg and springfield. geico camera, traffic of 95 northbound,plenty of headlights now ouof newington to get to the beltway. 270 traffic in this geico camera, right side is southbound leaving 109 towards germantown. more to come on the traffic end. now to top stories. all a lisa, thank you very much. summer is almost over. >> the debate over a vaccine for teenage girls keeps growing. we're live with more on the p.h.v. prevention controversy. good morning, mike. >> good morning, greta. well, you know, maryland is opting out of this. it's not requiring this vaccination, but d.c. and virginia are. in virginia, you can simply just not vaccinate if you choose not to. in d.c., parents must fill out

a form. there are study this is week, some showing serious side effects. in d.c. and virginia this school year, girls entering sixth grade for the first time need to get the h.p.v. vaccine or they can opt out. >> if there's an almost 20% chance your young person could be exposed to this, most parents would want to use that >>otection. v ihe tcicone is hentroversial because it's recommended for preteen girls before their first sexual encounter. >> we want our young girls to be protected. we don't want to mandate, and we think that parents need to be informed. >> credit accident say the vaccine gardasil has not been adequately tested. in two recent studies, they found low rates of side effects, including fainting, dims iness, and a total of 32 deaths. still, many doctors say they stand by the drug. >> it's very effective at preventing a woman getting cervical cancer. >> some parents in d.c. say

they were never fully educated about this new requirement or about the potential side effects with gardasil, but the department of health in d.c. says it held eight different town halls throughout the district and also handed out informational brochure toss both parents and students. reporting live in northeast, mike conneen, abc 7 news. >> mike, thank you very much. as college students prepare to move into the dorms, the government is issuing new guidelines to prevent the spread of swine flu. the c.d.c. says students with symptoms should avoid people until 24 hours after a fever is gone. those with a roommate should be moved to temporary housing. schools should consider canceling classes if the h1n1 virus spreads. health officials hope to have a vaccine by mid-october. >> virginia gubernatorial candidate will deliver what he calls a major campaign speech today aimed at distancing himself on from his republican on the part of won't, bob mcdonald. he's expected to address the economy,&highlight his record. that speech set for 11:00 a.m.

at george mason university's johnson center in fairfax in newbere i hall. his campaign hopes that the speech will click with northern virginians who might be skeptical. deeds is running behind mcdonald in a recent "washington post" poll, in part because he has yet to win over northern virginia voters who say they know very little about the state senator. >> the fairfax county board of supervisors has some advice for virginia's gubernatorial candidates. sharon bull over awants them to tell voters how they would solve northern virginia's transportation problems. she says things are so bad, fairfax county now gets only 1/10 of the amount of state aid it used to receive for secondary road construction. >> within 2004, our allocation for secondary road construction projects was -- i think it was $24 million. this year, it's $240,000, not even enough to put up a traffic

signal. that's just not ok. it's not feasible. it's just not responsible. >> bulova says any candidate who does not ad very create a new source of funding is not serious about easing congestion. >> police are looking for two men who broke into two a.t.m.'s right in the middle of the day. both incidents caught on tape. the first one happened at chevron gas station in northeast d.c. these masked men pried open an a.t.m., stole the cash, and drove away. police say 12 minutes later they pulled up at frank's tavern and electric or store, which is in prince george's county, and did the very same thing. >> a former metrobus driver charged with kidnapping a passenger has a preliminary hearing today. michael robinson is scheduled to be in court in upper marlboro this morning. authorities say last month robinson got into an argument with a passenger and then refused to let her off the bus. police arrested ,m i, and metro latefid him.

>> supporters claim to rally today to save a d.c. tennis center from eviction. they plan to protest outside the southeast tennis and learning center this evening. the city sent an eviction notice to cora masters-barry saying her paper was out of work. she says they've now paid any required fines. the debate over federally funded school vouchers in the district has taken to the streets. about 100 people rallied outside the u.s. department of education headquarters yesterday protesting the decision to revoke vouchers for 216 d.c. students. this allows them to attend private schools, programs that have been hugely popular near d.c. they cut off funding for the program except for those students already enrolled. >> the lines now appear to be longer at d.c.'s d.m.v. offices. workers say they are overloaded with customers after one of the city's four service centers was shut down. the brentwood d.m.v. branch closed last week.

yesterday the georgetown d.m.v. branch was really crowded. customers we talked to say employees there really feeling the pressure. >> sure, it's a nightmare. everyone that works in there is mean as a snake. >> that's d.c. for you. that's what i have to say for you. that's d.c. for you. they do things like that. >> the mayor's office says closing the brentwood service center will save taxpayers more than a million dollars a year. officials say the move is having a minimal impact on other d.m.v. branches. >> all right, turning to the fight for healthcare now. the democrats are drawing a line in the sand when it comes to the fight for a public option. >> meanwhile, the president makes a bold move prediction about the fate of his reform efforts. abc's emily smith has the latest. >> president obama stands behind his healthcare reform promise. >> i am absolutely confident that we can get this done. >> but for the first time, the

president that says change may have to happen without bipartisan help. >> i think early on, a decision was made by republican leadership that said, look, let's not give them a victory, ybe we can have a replay of 1993-1994 when clinton came in. >> the new white house strategy of blaming republican leadership comes after days of angry town hall meetings where people blamed washington for trying to force change. this is a people issue! all a an abc news/"washington post" poll released overnight shows decreasing public support. 50% of americans now disapprove of the president's handling of the healthcare. that's a new low. key republicans say there is still room for successful negotiations. >> the white house should be leading and trying to get 70 to 80 votes for anything as important as healthcare reform is instead of worrying about blaming one party or another. >> one sticking point remains the proposed public health insurance option. the abc news poll shows public support for the idea is down to

52%, 10 points lower than in june. >> i do believe that we are not going to have a complete reform of our healthcare system until we have a public option. the question is, do we have to have it tomorrow morning? >> another glimpse from the poll, before mr. obama became president, 68% of americans believed he could successfully accomplish healthcare reform. 49% believe that now. emily smith, abc news, washington. >> all right, it's 5:38 on this friday morning. we've got a very toasty and very humid 78 degrees right now. >> still ahead on "good morning washington" -- honoring the fathers of the modern day special forces. we'll tell you about their special day. ought a and outside, the heat is on. some storms this afternoon and a cooling trend for the weekend. we'll lay it all out for you in just a moment. >> and lisa band's coming back with the latest on this friday morning commute. we're also watching an

apartment fire along featherwood street, which is just off of columbia road in montgomery county. we've got a crew en route to that fire, and we'll have the latest momentarily.

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>> at 5:42, welcome back to "good morning washington." yes, good week to check occupant the fair. definitely summer kind of winding down, but the heat still pretty intense this morning. outside, we have temperatures in the 80's still. humidity, boy, can you jusfe itr macok,ar8. 7here? n fderericksb7 al iaan78, . , we haven't seen too much fog this morning, maybe a little pocket here and there. the deal today is we'll see a couple of thunderstorms, as we had the last couple of days. but today's storms could pack a punch. th could be on the strong to severe side. some storms will linger tonight into tomorrow. saturday, kind of rainy, but cooler and more refreshing by sunday. kind of a split decision for the upcoming weekend. lisa, things heating up on a friday morning. >> yeah, that's true. i was thinking about what you said, brian van de graaff. summer winding down, that means traffic patterns are going to start to change, especially for next week and then for the next few weeks, actually, with the schools that are starting to go back into session. so traffic patterns are going to start to change for you, and

until we settle down into a new routine, trying to -- expect to find things a little bet out of what you're used to. what we're used to and what we have now is normal traffic on the beltway at the american legion bridge, good on 66 between centreville and the beltway. we'll give you normal travel times as well. also, 95 in good shape between richmond and baltimore. we'll show you the pace of traffic. headlights heavy northbound out of newington to get up into springfield. take you live over to our picture -- actually, our map. southern maryland looks good between prince fredericks on route 4 in the suitland parkway. and out of waldorf to get through clinton on route 5. we'll have more on the traffic end, but now back to greta and doug. >> thank you, lisa. 5:43, 77 sticky degrees. >> and still ahead -- many in the sports world are coming to the defense of a track star is he center of a gender controversy. is she a she or had he? we'll have the latest developments in this strange

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>> checking our top stories at 5:47 this morning, if you want cash for your clunker, you have only a few days now to get to a car dealer. that popular program will end at 8:00 p.m. on monday after burning through much of its $3 billion in funding. some local dealers are closing the program early to work on paperwork. a new poll shows that president obama is losing support for his healthcare plan. according to an abc 7 news -- "washington post" poll, 50% of americans do not approve of how the president is handling healthcare reform. one sticking point remains the so-called public option for government insurance.

>> bermuda is is bracing for hurricane bill. the category three storm is expected to cause significant flooding along the coastline over the next two days. residents being urged to stay alert. here the u.s., the east coast will likely see dangerous waves and riptides. >> wtop radio is hosting an end of summer blood drive today. >> taking part in that. it's taking place at tysons corner mall. the address, 1961 cambridge road in mclean. you can just go to the pharmaceuticals county community center in the mall. it's on the second floor across from the gap store. the blood drive is open to the public from 10:00 this morning until 4:00 this afternoon. and you're going? >> i'm going. brian's going. lisa baden, yeah, i know lisa's going to be out there as well. >> we're going to be doing reports live for newschannel 8 this morning, and we'll do the noon nusmse >> you're going to do that without a pint of blood you have in your body right now. >> lisa is holding his hand.

>> i don't know. i'm flying this afternoon. someone said you're not supposed to give blood before you fly. but yeah, it will be a good time. and there's free pizza from california pizza kitchen, and you can win prizes. >> and you can save people's lives. >> all right, let's jump right in. >> minor detail. >> but you got to recharge after you give blood. hey, bill is a category three storm, 121 miles per hour. there are already warnings up for the west coast of bermuda, where they'll see pretty intense storm surge across the eastern half of the united states. it will be some rough surf, winds gusting to 150. the storm is going to get really close to new england and then beeline back out to sea, but it should brush northeastern canada. around here locally, we do have a cold front coming down the pike, and that is going to bring some showers and storms later in the week. we're in the upper 70's later in the week. the week's almost over, brian. end of the weekend, let's say it that way. it's just off to the west. it could bring strong to severe storms tonight and this afternoon. by tomorrow, it's still sticking around, so still a

little bit of wet weather tomorrow, but by sunday, it does improve. lots of sunshine and lower humidity all the way to next week. lisa baden, over to you. >> thank you very much. we're in good shape right now as far as travel on 95. 66, the greenway, the toll roads, 3 0 out of southern maryland. what we have is an increase in traffic. take you live to virginia. northbound 395, yay, looks good at duke street. we'll check the runup at the pentagon next. northbound at washington boulevard, that looks uneventful. nothing on 270 southbound. we'll take you to the last geico camera this go-round. headlights southbound at shady grove road, still moving at speed. greta and doug? >> ok, lisa baden, thank you very much. adventure junkies have a new reason to visit king's dominion. the amusement park is building a new $25 million roller coaster. it is called the intimidator. the 5,100-foot-long ride features a 305-foot hill.

>> no! >> it's named for the nascar legend, dale earnhardt. we're trying to figure this out. when it debuts next year -- so this is a model -- it will be the tallest and the fastest roller coaster on the east coast. >> oh, no wonder. >> i was going say. >> either that or that lady was awful big. now the story that has drawn worldwide attention. it's about that south african teenage track star facing allegations that she might really be a he since the story about her gender test broke. caster semenya's family been rushing to her defense. her father says, "she is my little girl. i raised her, and i have never doubted her gender." her muscular build and dominance on the track has fueled speculation. she'll undergo some tests. >> her father's right, a great wrong has been done to her. but if he's wrong, i guess all those records go out. >> look at how far ahead. >> i know.

she just destroys the competition. or he does. >> ok. it's 5:52 right now, 77 degrees. >> lisa's always so diplomatic about these stories, isn't she? she smiles, and that's it. ab sh c at your chevy dealer. r with more eligible models to choose from than anyone. f cyo ierluur nkif altoquies be recycled, you can get a $3500 or $4500 government rebate. and just announced! if you qualify for the clunk

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>> we want to update a fire we told about you earlier. authorities have arrived to featherwood street in montgomery county just off of columbia pike. just before 5:00 a.m. today, a

townhouse was engulfed in flames. >> the fire under control now. there are no reports of any injuries. of course, we will have more details as they become available. >> moving on now, they are considered to be the fathers of the modern special operations forces. >> and mat reason raiders who served in world war ii are now being honored at quantico marine corps base. >> the raiders killed in action in world war ii in l never be forgotten, and these bricks named in their honor will ensure that. >> those young men had nobody to buy a brick, so we've gotten their pictures. >> february of 1942, japanese forces were moving throughout the pacific at will. nobody could stop them, not the americans, not the british, the dutch, or the french, until the u.s. marine raiders appear on the scene. the raiders, small, hard-hitting assault unit, they

were the first american combat forces to wear camouflage, to operate at night, trained in martial arts. in brings back memories of his service and his fallen comrades. >> i always carry this list of those that died, and i try every day to remember them in prayers, you know? because, you know, we were so close. >> raider landings were the rst american ground offensive actions against the japanese. the american vecht a in which the raiders played a key role was the first significant defeat of japanese forces in the war. now, more than 65 years later, these men stil vividly remember, and they hope others do too. >> i'm glad that what we went through is represented here. >> it's a wonderful group, and we're winding down, and it's breaking our hearts. >> oh, that was gordon peterson reporting, just a lot of amazing men. >> just incredibly courageous,

unbelievable. >> still to come in the second hour of "good morning washington" -- >> coming up in that next hour, it's one of the biggest decisions as some students head off to college, a mac or a p.c.? we'll break down some of the pros and cons of both. >> and cash for clunkers is out of gas. i'm matt brock. i'll tell you about the deadline to get the deal coming up in a live report. stay here >> plus lisa band's coming back to help you navigate your friday morning commute, traffic and weather when "good morning washington" continues.

>> coming up -- it's the end of the road for cash for clunkers. we'll tell you when it will come to a halt. >> a vaccinati program for teenage girls is getting a second look as parents get ready to send their kids back to school. >> and a model mutilated and murdered. the hunt is on for the suspect. we've got the latest on this developing story. "good morning washington" continues right now. >> good morning, washington. 6:00 on this friday, the 21st day of august. i'm doug mckelway. >> and i'm greta kreuz. time for weather and traffic every 10 minutes. >> we'll check in with lisa bad front latest. we've had a fire disrupting things off of columbia pike. but first, here's brian van de